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Re: Weather or not, be prepared! Ophelia is coming

It's warm here with a gentle breeze. Lovely summer morning in mid October. The whole of Ireland seems to be holding its breath, in contrast. Hadn't thought of it until just now but gmc is bang in the firing line when it hits Scotland tomorrow I think...

Re: Weather or not, be prepared! Ophelia is coming

That's what we called it in Lancashire. It's what we holy-stoned every week. It's a perfectly good word. Africaans has it as "stoep", if I remember. It's not a porch, no. It's the step before the threshold. The entrance door to a dwelling fits a door-frame. The outdoor step which occupies that door-frame space along the bottom edge of the door is the threshold. The step leading to the threshold from outdoors, either at the same height as the bottom of the door or lower, is the stoop.

Here's a sample sentence (from Flight Of The Tiger Moth by Mary Woodbury): "Wes was sitting on his front stoop eating a brown sugar sandwich when Jack pulled into the lane by the manse". That gets the right feel for it.

Nullius in verba ☎|||||||||||Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game!

The watch of your vision has become reasonable today.England's troubles will increase until the bishops open Joanna Southcott's box.It’s normal. You must provoke. You must insult the belief of all monotheists. You must make fun of the belief of all monotheists.From the upper tier of the Leppings Lane End of the Hillsborough Stadium, I watched the events of that day unfold with horror.When the flowers want to oxygen and nutrition, or you’re a wedding or party planner, I will help you too much.Write that word in the blood

Re: Weather or not, be prepared! Ophelia is coming

Originally Posted by spot

That's what we called it in Lancashire. It's what we holy-stoned every week. It's a perfectly good word. Africaans has it as "stoep", if I remember. It's not a porch, no. It's the step before the threshold. The entrance door to a dwelling fits a door-frame. The outdoor step which occupies that door-frame space along the bottom edge of the door is the threshold. The step leading to the threshold from outdoors, either at the same height as the bottom of the door or lower, is the stoop.

Here's a sample sentence (from Flight Of The Tiger Moth by Mary Woodbury): "Wes was sitting on his front stoop eating a brown sugar sandwich when Jack pulled into the lane by the manse". That gets the right feel for it.

Re: Weather or not, be prepared! Ophelia is coming

Nullius in verba ☎|||||||||||Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game!

The watch of your vision has become reasonable today.England's troubles will increase until the bishops open Joanna Southcott's box.It’s normal. You must provoke. You must insult the belief of all monotheists. You must make fun of the belief of all monotheists.From the upper tier of the Leppings Lane End of the Hillsborough Stadium, I watched the events of that day unfold with horror.When the flowers want to oxygen and nutrition, or you’re a wedding or party planner, I will help you too much.Write that word in the blood

Re: Weather or not, be prepared! Ophelia is coming

I was driving across the new forth bridge at five in the morning, the wind deflector works but it felt as if some of the gusts when head on almost blew me to a halt. Lines of lorries crabbing sideways on the motorway as the dawn came up quite surreal.